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<i>The Times wants to hear from you. What issues do you think will define California’s next chapter? Tell us here.</i><p>It was early in their courtship seven years ago when Manuel Villanueva warned his now-husband, “I come as a package of three.”<p>The other parts of that deal: his father, Ramon Villanueva, …

The “birthplace of Silicon Valley” sits in Palo Alto’s 94301 ZIP Code — a wooden Craftsman one-car garage where 80 years ago the technology behemoth Hewlett-Packard was formed. Palo Alto has been seen as a technological vanguard ever since, a futurist playground brimming with programmers and …

Angry that she had been falsely accused of a drug crime, Tatiana Lopez filed a complaint against a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who had arrested her on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine.<p>But when Lopez met with a sheriff’s lieutenant to discuss her accusation, he urged her to drop her …

Gavin Newsom wasn’t born rich, but he was born connected — and those alliances have paid handsome dividends throughout his career.<p>A coterie of San Francisco’s wealthiest families has backed him at every step of his political rise, which in November could lead next to his election as governor of …

Verizon Wireless on Friday said it will immediately stop imposing data speed restrictions on first responders throughout the West Coast and Hawaii after facing intense criticism for reducing service to firefighters battling California’s largest-ever wildfire.<p>The telecommunication giant also said it …

• <b>Chagas disease is a nasty parasitic illness spread by bites from bloodsucking triatomine bugs.</b>• <b><br>These bugs climb on people's faces at night to feed, biting eyes and lips, which is why they're sometimes called "kissing bugs."</b>• <b><br>If the disease is not treated, 30% of patients can develop potentially</b> …